MDOC Night Street League Details

[MikeG]

For those who are interested; here are the advanced details of the MDOC Night Street League.
(apologies for the long post)
From Grahame Crawshaw - series co-ordinator:
"The eagerly-awaited 2013-14 Night Street League Series begins in Romiley on Tuesday 29th October - you may well have seen some preliminary information on the MDOC website. This will be our third series of events, which, thanks largely to our enthusiastic mappers, will take place on a number of new areas this winter
Below are details of the venues for the first 4 events up until Christmas. It will be updated (asap!) when specific venues are chosen for the later events in the series.
Date Map Venue Postcode Grid ref
Tues 29th Oct 2013 Romiley The Romiley Arms, Stockport Road SK6 4BN SJ 941 908
Thurs 14th Nov 2013 Knutsford The Angel Inn, 98 King Street WA16 6HQ SJ 752 787
Tues 26th Nov 2013 Burnage Burnage Rugby Club, Battersea Road SK4 3EA SJ 862 901
Thurs 12th Dec 2013 Glossop Wetherspoons, Victoria Street SK13 8HT SK 035 940
Tues 7th Jan 2014 Timperley To be confirmed
Thurs 23rd Jan 2014 Cheadle To be confirmed
Tues 4th Feb 2014 Macclesfield W To be confirmed - probably Macc Cricket Club
Thurs 20th Feb 2014 H.Grove/Woodsmoor To be confirmed

Just to emphasise some of the major points :
All the events are SCORE events with a time allowance of either 40, 60, or 75 minutes using specially drawn maps. The control sites will mostly be items of street furniture (lamp posts, telegraph poles, hydrants, green boxes etc) and evidence of your visit will involve noting down some (hopefully obvious) identification mark on an answer sheet supplied at registration. There will be NO O kites and, although we plan to use SI timing for the start and finish, there will be no SI boxes at individual controls.
The controls will have a range of points value - adding an additional dimension to route choice and planning. As usual in score events, there will be penalties for exceeding the time limit.
Essential equipment : a reliable watch, compass, dibber (available for hire if necessary), pen/pencil (maps and answer sheets will be printed on waterproof paper), torch / headtorch (there MAY be a limited number available to borrow at each event) and high visibility clothing.
You may run individually - or in pairs; however, under 16s MUST be accompanied by a parent / guardian - and they must stay together at all times - ie no shadowing allowed; 16 and 17 year olds may run unaccompanied, but must have written consent from parent / guardian.
As the events form a league, scores from each event will be added together to reveal the eventual winners; your best 4 scores from the 8 events will produce your overall total. Trophies will be awarded to the winners of the Handicap Competition.
All the events will be based in Pubs / Sports Clubs - offering food at reasonable prices, if you wish to stay for a chat and post-event analysis (highly recommended!)
If you can't get to the event on the night, you can contact us to get hold of a map and question sheet. You can then run the course when convenient, submit your answers and time taken, and we'll incorporate your score into the results
As last year, we are unsure of the numbers of runners who will attend ..... SO
If you are interested in attending the Romiley event (we'll deal with the others later!), please send an email to John Britton (ajohnbritton@gmail.com) - indicating the number of maps required and whether or not you intend to eat at the pub so that we can get some idea of the number of maps we need to print, and the numbers who may wish to stay and eat."

PS I'm expecting a good attendance on the 4th of Feb (and preparing myself for the inevitable praise that the mapper / course setter will receive)!